Cooling-tower.



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comme TQWBR. APPUGAHON FILED JULY 1,1907.

L, l Patented Nov. 24, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1` -I g l *.J. l -J ELBURHORN. COOLING TOWER.

AP PLICATION FILED JUE" 1, 1967.' 1911 @552,53 Fftented Nov. 24, 19M.

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BURHORN,

35e it .lfrowii liait i, llmviN iizeii oi eue lliiied States, und residene or Hobel-teu, in the comit-y of Hudson mid or" New Jersey lieve iuvenaed cerieni new and useful lmprovemeuis iii Cooling "lou'em of which iie Jfollowing; is e speer Lieri.

.y iuveiieii relates to improvements in coolingowers, und per-roulerly to iliei; class of towers iii which die naturel eir currents ure brfmgli-'into couuet with 'ehe liquid to oe cooled. iioieucj.` iii this form oi. tower refluires diev rire liquid' e be cooled lee iluely uliile iii leoueot wien ue .uid diei die distribuiioii be uniform. iple 'performed heretofore in use liu-s been 'o'uud eecive, for lie reason 'diei *filiere lie peiiiormmus smell enough u to subdivide Wsiei'i'suiieieutly9 they clog very uiclrly, viiiledf lie perforuiious are suilieienly large ed avoid clogging? @lie liquid descends iu sii-earns of considerable sive und is not properly cooled, and es the sir eurreiits tend to drive the falling liquid to eue side of ille tower, an rirregular disriiiution results.` l

The objects of my iiii'eiiioii ere to secure do distribution 'of die liquid to lie cooled to avoid clogging, and to properly divide the liquid for *die maximum cooling lso to ui'ord e novel arrangement oi 'neer pesseges aud connections -ivliereby the eppurzm s may lie adjusted to .'erying coiidii'ious of Weather,

Other objects will appear iu the hereinafter *following description.

i attuiu diese objects by the device shown irl ilie eecouipeuyiug drawings, iii which- 4 Figure i is au elevation oi my cooling 'tower showing u'o of the decks. Fig. 2 is e cross-section of my preferred 'form of drip-bur. View of one longitu- Fig. e 1s e dinul side of die s: me. Figs. 4, o and 6, are

views in cross-section of optional forms of the drip-lier. Fig. 7 is en elevation oi' an optional Jiiorm of my device. Fig. S is :L longitudinal vieu' of optional forms for the edge of "die drip-ber. Fig. 9 is a pluri View of the regulating device applied in one of 'the peus.

Similar letters refer to similar parts lirougliout the several views Upon e suitable framework of which two of .suoports A A are sliou'ii, l arrange decks ofmy improved drip-biirs one above the oilier. These decks are `supported by gliders, B E B, secured to elle supporting frame "Worlrl Each layer of'these drip hers,

l term e deelt and the spacing, number mid se size of these decks are determined loy die eepeeity und olier conditions under which the ower operuees. Il prefer to erre-rige elle severel desirs or layers 'of dri vbers el; su angle to the decks above and be ew, es l dud that' e heiter distribution of lie liquid is rhereliy, obtained iu Vwindy weetlienus ehe felling liquid driveirto ieewerd will ou enerieg die drip leerer ruote iviudwerd and ilius afford more equal distribuiion. i 4 70 is the mein supply pipe from which ere branched the distributingpipes' e., 6% 02 from which the liquid to the upper deelijs` dischergediuto ehe drip leere u i prefer to ferie die@ drip-bers b es narrow ereuglis with closed ends, end' .having their edgesy b4 iiideiised. The pipes q, c, are each formed in their under sides with distributing apertures locaed above the several drip bars.

The precise form of elle indentetions b4 may be varied .es desired. I prefer to use the sharp indenfaions shown in Fig. 3, but die curved indentations or the rectangular indenuiions shown in Fig. 8 may in some euses oe employed to advantage.

The operation oi' the devioeis es follows: The liquid to be cooled is supplied-ehrough the mein supply pipe C to the auxiliary supply pipes c c `from which it is discharged into the drip bersb of the upper deck. when the liquid in the drip bers b of 'Clie' uper deck .reaches .die lower line of the' iudents 5^; in the side edges, it will run over the edges zuid, spreading ouiJ on the sides of the bars, will be finely divided and drip down' in fine spray into the drip bars' l of the deck below. i The descendig liquid will lill the drip bars E of the lower deel{-,' und the operation above described will be continued as `before to the 'bottom of the 100 tower. The quantity of liquid supplied to the drip bars is regulated by suitable means so thuthe liquid will loe supplied iu sufficient quantity to overflow from each drip bar :is desired. The reason for indenting 195 the upper edge b? of the drip bars is to properly distribute theiliquid, as wherel e straight edge is used. the slightesg deviationfrom a perfect level will eoiiceuti'eine, the overflow et one point, 'sud so destroy the 11e he drip here, the 'mth @reign mai'zei' Woud the tvibued .in the. seme nimmer.. The eeefom 'binne d in he bm be pen i :we me directly over @eeh drip bur. Ehi; W thus be obvious that each para WWE. serve as a rectfylg device in maimanmg 1miom disabrbuton on each. if .@f'eggenieee ef he deflection of the shower .were the ver 'cal between the According no one branch o: *oh tien., l prow/1de separate liquid supe y pipes the seveml decks of my devicea whereof 'ehe zewer may be fed deck es shown in Figs. 'i ered e@ es enable '511e operator "ao out out en rume decks in cold Weather, Thus, in i, l the supply plpe c 1S Sheva/n above he topmos; deck and the supply plpe e wel the new owee deck; while m.I Fig. A suppy pxpe c 1s shown over the olomos deck; aad @e supply pipe c2 ove? the secend deck.. .in l each. ease euch of' the supply pme@ is pw! vided. with en nzependem valve .Sy this eowbmamon of elemente, passages, zum. Yeh/es 1S; 1s poeslble to Cause a greael m' ese number ei?? decke $0 be pu@ into epermcm.

deSre-. Thusvwe have Wam? amnestie@ fer supplying c1/mm *water d'ee'dj'to the topmes deck? smc?. We have another emmen# tion fm Supplying warm waiter ieely e, deck lower than the topmost deck7 and We have the eenm means' el Valves c" whereby may e., 1'- lined te Whi'e feek the Wis-rm waaier is to eupped. T "zereoy the .apparatus is n t@ @le "ce be ajeeee Weather eond'iens, and, im emmpe, im case of freezing Weather mer--eosng .l iin @meer may be prevented. by supplying it, noi: to the topmos; ceck, but to a, desk lower down, s@ tha; the danger of ceding beleef mme;

epm@ ,s queniiy jmd Supplied t@ the f' hws fram pan abeve is shawn im which ,are shew@ a metal ships d epm. the eez mi he l reguae size ef the openings in ehe bevtem of he pim d when zjesied. These men ewipe 5' are provided with L al ee holes registering Wih zmsse in e 3e pau. .45. me

of the strips d :fi-om the palm; m-le'e tee moles Z5 yegiste: with fthe bebes in the boiom of ihe pan will reduce he of and sc'ew gli may be provided epexaizng nhe strips d in the usual manner.

Having time fleecibed my mvewen, whew ele/im is:

1,. n a @001mg "iowe si? 'eef'pe Wav/@3er passees downwze'd 35,

mprws deck, anethez' connection f eupplyng Warm wete? directly to deck'. be neeizh the topmos; deck, ami eontmflng mei-m1; or vaves for deemnw to which @eme A. 

